Trump reiterates Fort Hood shooter should be executed amid criticism of livestream decision

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President Donald Trump told reporters he was going to “make a determination” when asked whether the execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan should be livestreamed.

“I’m going to make a determination about that, but he will be killed,” Trump said on Friday at the White House. “He will be, through firing squad. He killed 13, 14 people, badly wounded 20-some odd people, and he’s totally nuts. So I really don’t care how he goes as long as he goes. And I think that the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him.”

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